In a month, three Monroe County teachers have been arrested in three separate incidents.

The latest is Vonore Middle School teacher Andi McCallie. Director of Monroe County Schools Tim Blankenship said deputies arrested McCallie on Saturday and charged her with failure to appear in general sessions court in Loudon County. Blankenship said McCallie was arrested for shoplifting in Loudon County in June 2014.

Despite a plea to the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission on Thursday, a judge's decision to remove Randy White as Monroe County sheriff will stand.

White beat former sheriff Bill Bivens in the August election, despite a POST ruling after early voting started that White didn't have the minimum three years of law enforcement employment required for the job.

ATHENS, TN (WRCB) - Some people in McMinn County are having a tough time finding a place to recycle after someone intentionally recycled bags of human feces at the Athens Recycling Center.

The city's facility has been closed all week. But this isn't the first time the facility has been forced to shut down. The exact same thing happened in May, prompting security cameras to get installed on the premises.

A Mississippi man is dead after his SUV crashed on Interstate 75 in Monroe County.

It happened around 4 a.m. Saturday near mile marker 61 in Sweetwater.

Bobby D. Buckalew, 47, was driving northbound when his Jeep Laredo went off the left side of the interstate, through a median and into a culvert, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report. The SUV rolled over, returned to an upright position, then continued north in the median. The SUV stopped when the right side hit a tree.